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If he was smart he would have gotten out of the villain racket years ago and become a doctor or a lawyer (he wouldn’t have to stop being evil, since I’m sure most of us can name any number of money-plundering, scruples-lacking, completely wicked doctors and lawyers out there).

That is THE. BEST. WAY. this could ever have played out… EVER. Seriously, if I was in Scap’s place I woulda done the same thing in that moment. Now he just has ta spray her with about 30 rounds, take her shotgun, and go help cover Barny.

Also finding the time for the Halo-esque teabagging on her corpse… that’s just a must in this case. Before/during/after makes no matter in this instance.

Barny? Oh no…if Barney the Dinosaur is somehow involved in this then not even the combined evil of the Sinister Monster Doom Legion could overcome him! Run for your lives! The evil of the 90’s is not yet over!

Just leave her alone? RIzz is either a hypocrite or a dunce. Sam was a grown woman and could handle herself. She chose to go after Scapula, what was he supposed to do, just keep running? Pfffft. Sam got herself into the fight, she should have thought it through.

And Rizz should have done the same, instead of acting like an angsty teenager pining after their lost crush. If she used her head she would realize Sam started it, Scapula finished it.

I actually really love to hear readers’ opinions on the characters and, just as importantly, their relationships to each other. Not that I ever write them based on readers’ wishes (if that had been the case Knuckle Sam would most certainly be alive today), but it’s a sign that people out there sort of believe in them, and that’s a good sign for any comic creator.

…unless if you’re all just screwing with me, but that’s a possibility I face everyday!

He would be smoking from the side of it, which would mean he’s got the cigar positioned very awkwardly in his mouth. I probably should have just drawn him with the mask lifted, but I think it looks funnier this way.

That, and he’s not the only supervillain who smokes through his mask (see: Toxsick).

I absolutely love this. After all the buildup, when the comic seems like it’s gotten serious and it’s not going to make cop-out punchlines like this anymore, like this is a serious show–boom. This punchline, when it’s least expected and most hilarious. I tip my cap to you, Casserly.

Balancing out a serious, suspenseful plot with properly-timed humor along the way has been pretty damned hard (as for whether or not I’m succeeding is up to you all to judge for yourselves), but I have been having a lot of fun with this one. I’m glad you’re enjoying it, and here’s hoping you’ll enjoy what’s next!

Whelp, time for a smoke and a decision, yep, yep, yessir. Shoot the angry bartender in the head and carry on? Or let her live and hope that she considers fair enough to be fair enough?

On the one hand Rizz is nasty and dangerous. On the other, if she calms the heck down, she’s always been a good source of info and unwinding. And it’s not like he has a lot of other ‘friends’…… besides Rizz he really only hung out with Toxsick when they went for doughnuts and Throgor whenever he was throwing him a sandwich to listen to his latest schemes.

I’d personally let her live, especially noting that she could consider that level. If nothing else it’s not like she’s ever going to sneak up on him…… she’s too loud for stealthy strategies, and Scapula’s good at coping with people coming right at him (his running legs are well worked out!).

It’s actually nice to hear from one person who isn’t saying, “SHOOT HER NOW!” (sometimes webcomic readers and Roman coliseum spectators are pretty close); there are good and bad sides to sparing her life, and we know by now that Scapula has no real moral aversion to murder. What will he do?